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Table 367. Federal on-budget funds for education and related programs, by agency: Selected fiscal years, 1970 to 2003[In thousands of current dollars]

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                     Agency                      |   1970    |   1975    |   1980    |   1985    |   1990    |   1995    |   2000    |   2001    |    2002    |  2003\1\
_________________________________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|____________
                        1                        |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |     7     |     8     |     9     |     10     |     11
_________________________________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|____________
  Total .........................................|$12,526,499|$23,288,120|$34,493,502|$39,027,876|$51,624,342|$71,639,520|$85,944,203|$94,846,476|$109,361,491|$124,736,574
                                                 |___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|____________
Department of Education .........................|  4,625,224|  7,350,355| 13,137,785| 16,701,065| 23,198,575| 31,403,000| 34,106,697| 36,562,025|  46,324,352|  57,442,854
Department of Agriculture .......................|    960,910|  2,219,352|  4,562,467|  4,782,274|  6,260,843|  9,092,089| 11,080,031| 11,329,740|  12,033,544|  12,756,018
Department of Commerce ..........................|     13,990|     38,967|    135,561|     55,114|     53,835|     88,929|    114,575|    134,654|     130,660|      90,100
Department of Defense ...........................|    821,388|  1,009,229|  1,560,301|  3,119,213|  3,605,509|  3,879,002|  4,525,080|  5,417,621|   5,438,182|   5,244,192
Department of Energy ............................|    551,527|    764,676|  1,605,558|  2,247,822|  2,561,950|  2,692,314|  3,577,004|  3,885,773|   3,992,886|   4,086,914
Department of Health and Human Services .........|  1,796,854|  3,675,225|  5,613,930|  5,322,356|  7,956,011| 12,469,563| 17,670,867| 20,540,411|  22,875,705|  25,406,660
Department of Housing and Urban Development .....|    114,709|    -52,768|      5,314|        438|        118|      1,613|      1,400|      1,600|       1,600|       1,500
Department of the Interior ......................|    190,975|    300,191|    440,547|    549,479|    630,537|    702,796|    959,802|  1,092,588|   1,186,213|   1,231,006
Department of Justice ...........................|     15,728|     61,542|     60,721|     66,802|     99,775|    172,350|    278,927|    431,220|     454,933|     477,201
Department of Labor .............................|    424,494|  1,103,935|  1,862,738|  1,948,685|  2,511,380|  3,967,914|  4,696,100|  5,193,100|   5,865,100|   6,082,500
Department of State .............................|     59,742|     89,433|     25,188|     23,820|     51,225|     54,671|    388,349|    390,068|     487,097|     404,127
Department of Transportation ....................|     27,534|     52,290|     54,712|     82,035|     76,186|    135,816|    117,054|    153,682|     162,208|     135,259
Department of the Treasury ......................|         18|  1,118,840|  1,247,463|    290,276|     41,715|     49,496|     83,000|     88,000|     163,000|     195,000
Department of Veterans Affairs ..................|  1,032,918|  4,402,212|  2,351,233|  1,289,849|    757,476|  1,324,382|  1,577,374|  1,802,342|   2,122,289|   2,653,341
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           Other agencies and programs           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |
ACTION ..........................................|          †|      7,081|      2,833|      1,761|      8,472|          †|         † |         † |          † |          †
Agency for International Development ............|     88,034|     78,896|    176,770|    198,807|    249,786|    290,580|    332,500|    488,600|     521,500|     570,500
Appalachian Regional Commission .................|     37,838|     45,786|     19,032|      4,745|         93|     10,623|      7,243|      9,560|      15,767|      14,800
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence       |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |
  in Education Foundation .......................|          †|          †|          †|          †|      1,033|      3,000|      3,000|      3,000|       3,000|       3,000
Corporation for National and Community Service ..|          †|          †|          †|          †|          †|    214,600|    386,000|    452,000|     404,000|     516,000
Environmental Protection Agency .................|     19,446|     33,875|     41,083|     60,521|     87,481|    125,721|     98,900|    125,400|     163,900|     171,600
Estimated education share of federal aid to      |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |
  the District of Columbia ......................|     33,019|     55,487|     81,847|    107,340|    104,940|     78,796|    127,127|    147,093|     166,057|     174,400
Federal Emergency Management Agency .............|        290|        290|      1,946|      1,828|        215|    170,400|     14,894|     23,778|       8,376|       8,600
General Services Administration .................|     14,775|     22,532|     34,800|          †|          †|          †|         † |         † |          † |          †
Harry S Truman Scholarship fund .................|          †|          †|     -1,895|      1,332|      2,883|      3,000|      3,000|      2,000|       4,000|       3,000
Institute of American Indian and Alaskan         |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |
  Native Culture and Arts Development ...........|          †|          †|          †|          †|      4,305|     13,000|      2,000|      4,000|       4,000|       5,000
Institute of Museum and Library Services ........|          †|          †|          †|          †|          †|          †|    166,000|    172,000|     219,000|     171,000
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation ....|          †|          †|          †|          †|        191|      2,000|      7,000|      3,000|       2,000|       2,000
Japanese-United States Friendship Commission ....|          †|          †|      2,294|      2,236|      2,299|      2,000|      3,000|      3,000|       3,000|       3,000
Library of Congress .............................|     29,478|     63,766|    151,871|    169,310|    189,827|    241,000|    299,000|    315,000|     397,000|     399,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...|    258,366|    197,901|    255,511|    487,624|  1,093,303|  1,757,900|  2,077,830|  2,406,036|   2,320,469|   2,361,100
National Archives and Records Administration ....|          †|          †|          †|     52,118|     77,397|    105,172|    121,879|    148,175|     219,000|     294,000
National Commission on Libraries and             |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |
  Information Science ...........................|          †|        449|      2,090|        723|      3,281|      1,000|      2,000|      1,000|       2,000|       2,000
National Endowment for the Arts .................|        340|      4,754|      5,220|      5,536|      5,577|      9,421|     10,048|     10,442|      11,109|      11,350
National Endowment for the Humanities ...........|      8,459|     63,955|    142,586|    125,671|    141,048|    151,727|    100,014|    105,709|      97,731|     106,093
National Science Foundation .....................|    295,628|    535,294|    808,392|  1,147,115|  1,588,891|  2,086,195|  2,955,244|  3,338,936|   3,491,851|   3,642,115
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ...................|          †|      7,093|     32,590|     30,261|     42,328|     22,188|     12,200|     12,100|      10,700|      12,900
Office of Economic Opportunity ..................|  1,092,410|     16,619|          †|          †|          †|          †|         † |         † |          † |          †
Smithsonian Institution .........................|      2,461|      5,509|      5,153|      7,886|      5,779|      9,961|     25,764|     28,723|      36,761|      35,799
United States Arms Control Agency ...............|        100|          †|        661|        395|         25|          †|         † |         † |          † |          †
United States Information Agency ................|      8,423|      9,405|     66,210|    143,007|    201,547|    294,800|         † |         † |          † |          †
United States Institute of Peace ................|          †|          †|          †|          †|      7,621|     12,000|     13,000|     15,000|      15,000|      16,000
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Other agencies ..................................|      1,421|      5,949|        990|        432|        885|        500|        300|      9,100|       7,500|       6,645
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† Not applicable. \1\Estimated, except for U.S. Department of Education, which are actual numbers.

NOTE: To the extent possible, amounts reported represent outlays, rather than obligations. Some data have been revised from previously published data. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Negative amounts occur when program receipts exceed outlays.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, compiled from data appearing in U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, Appendix, fiscal years 1972 to 2004; National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, fiscal years 1970 to 2003; and unpublished data obtained from various federal agencies. (This table was prepared April 2004.)


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